Gentoo Archives: gentoo-performance

From: Joost Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-performance@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-performance] Horrible performance
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:03:46
Message-Id: 201008261223.09382.joost@antarean.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-performance] Horrible performance by Alex Schuster
1 On Thursday 26 August 2010 11:34:23 Alex Schuster wrote:
2 > Update:
3
4 > I first got no dri with xorg-server 1.8, too, and then weird effects
5 > started happening, like the shift and ctrl keys not working. When tings
6 > crashed, I got a block screen and still could move the mouse, but that was
7 > all, even after Alt-SysRQ-R (which usually helps in these cases) I could
8 > not switch to a text terminal. But after a reboot all seemed perfect, but
9 > when I was writing a followe-up mail, X crashed. And I got several more
10 > crashes after working 5 minutes in KDE.
11 >
12 > I downgraded back to xorg-server 1.7.7-r1, and now dri is working, too.
13 > Looking good! KDE is running for over an hour now, I'm not using any swap
14 > at all, amarok is emerging in the background, and mplayer is playing
15 > smoothly.
16 >
17 > I experience little rendering problems in chromium (images appear over
18 > text) and quake3 feels a little sluggish, but I can live with this.
19 >
20 > Thanks for anyone who helped!
21 >
22 > Wonko
23
24 Glad you got it working properly now :)
25
26 Enjoy the smoother desktop now
27
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29 Joost